The crop top sweatshirt is the ultimate comfy counterpart to all your high-waist faves. It’s made from a soft cotton-fleece-poly blend, has a trendy cropped silhouette, a raw hem for a relaxed look, long sleeves, and ribbed cuffs.
Wear this sweatshirt hanging out at home or scrunch the sleeves for added style and take it on-the-go.
- Soft,comfortable sweatshirt fabric.
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52% airlume combed and ring-spun cotton, 48% poly fleece.
- Raw hem on the bottom for an added relaxed style.
- On-trend cropped silhouette.
- Dropped shoulder.
- Premium artwork by Native Hawaiian designers.
- Custom, trademark graphic.
NATIVE HAWAIIAN DESIGN
The Hehi Hula (hula steps) design honors the intricate complexity of hula movements. When ʻōlapa (hula dancers) are gracefully recounting the stories embedded in a traditional oli (chant) or modern mele (song), they do not arbitrarily move about.
Each hand motion is carefully choreographed by the kumu hula (hula instructor) guided not only by years of prior experience in the art, but also through their own personal ancestral connections. The hands of the ʻōlapa describe physical things or actions, like a strong wind coming off of the pali (cliffs), a gentle misty rain falling down onto a newly blooming flower, or the rise and fall of the ocean tides as they crash on the kahaone (sandy beach).
The motions of the dancer’s feet are all named movements, which not only help to standardize movements across a hālau hula (hula company), but also helps in preserving and perpetuating the practice. Gently swaying side to side is the kāʻō; the four step movement to the left and right is a kāholo; rotating the hips in a circle is called an ʻami.
This design captures each of these hehi hula into a word cloud in the shape of an ipu heke (gourd drum), which is used by a kumu hula to maintain a beat while the ʻōlapa dance. Wear this design if you are a proponent of hula, and love the intricate detail that goes into choreographing a beautiful hula.
